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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 35 years.

2. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?
(a) Food.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Supplies.

3. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?
(a) A lawyer's.
(b) A doctor's.
(c) A teacher's.
(d) A pastor's.

4. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His first master.
(b) His first love.
(c) A friend who was a slave as a child.
(d) His family.

5. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Loss of his identity.
(b) Feeling helpless.
(c) Not being loved.
(d) Lack of control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?

2. What best defines what "mulatto" means?

3. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?

4. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

5. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?

(see the answer key)

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